About the Authors

Shayoni Ray

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York, United States of America

Daniel Yuan

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America

Nimit Dhulekar

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America

Basak Oztan

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America

Bülent Yener

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America

Melinda Larsen

mlarsen@albany.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SR DY ML. Performed the experiments: SR DY. Analyzed the data: SR DY ND BO BY ML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SR DY BY ML. Wrote the paper: SR DY ML.